Production development

After completing the flat plan, I proceeded to produce the final inked pages for my graphic novel. I took the pages from my plan and inked them before cleaning up the pages in Adobe Photoshop and Adobe Illustrator to make sure the lines were bold enough and the elements were placed as I had planned. This process resulted in detailed illustrations with crisp black lines, which I found to be an effective method of producing these final pages.

These are some examples of the pages in their finished state. I am pleased with how the illustrations turned out as I was able to make adjustments from the rougher quality of the images from the flat plan. I believe these images are effective in retaining the impact of the original drawings while emphasising the action and imagery of each panel. As can be seen, I have also incorporated different composition techniques into the final pages which allows the pacing and flow of each scene to be read as I had planned.

After inking and formatting the final pages, I will use an external printing service to print the finished graphic novel. It is important that I finish production as soon as I possible as the novels could take time to be printed and delivered, and I would like to have them ready to present for the Degree Show. This is the last stage in the production of my Final Major Project, which will result in completed physical versions of my first graphic novel.